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Uganda: Pilgrims Brave Early Hours and Long Waits to Access Namugongo Shrine

Summary by allAfrica
Hundreds of pilgrims lined up outside the Uganda Martyrs Shrine in Namugongo on Monday morning, awaiting entrance to the revered site ahead of this year's Martyrs Day celebrations.

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On June 3, the Holy Church commemorates Charles Lwanga, an African hero who followed Christ and gave his life because he opposed the perverse license of the King of Buganda. He is a good patron for today’s times – not only for Africa, whose episcopate is distinguished by a certain conservatism, but also for Germany… where the LGBT ideology has entered the church’s thresholds. This ideology, whose “leading theme” drove the Patron Saint to the gra…

Baptized just a few months earlier, he immediately became a zealous apostle of Christ, converting many to the new faith – writes Fr. Arkadiusz Nocoń in a column for the portal www.vaticannews.va/pl and Vatican Radio. On June 3, we commemorate St. Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs. The relics of St. Charles are in Namugongo, and those of his companions in Munyonyo, Nakiyanja (Uganda). They are patrons of the article Saint Charles Lwanga and …

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The Independent Uganda: broke the news in on Sunday, June 1, 2025.
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